That's brilliantly twisted, macabre and demented in't it? Sort of the terrorist suicide bomber trope built-in. It comes off as utter satire at
first. Somehow I'm still a bit incredulous that it isn't satire.

Originally posted by EnlightenUp
That's brilliantly twisted, macabre and demented in't it? Sort of the terrorist suicide bomber trope built-in. It comes off as utter satire at first.
Somehow I'm still a bit incredulous that it isn't satire.

The reaction to this has been hostile to put it mildly. Which is why they removed it very quickly. It is the technique that is down right sickening in
my book.

Take the question of Israelis building on Palastinian land. This is a VERY emotive subject that is in the news at the moment. If the question posed in
this video was "Do you agree that they should be allowed to continue to build.." and those against were blown to bits... what would the reaction be?
You can do this with many other questions, I just chose the Israeli one because it is very emotionally charged.

It is the propaganda technique that is sickening.

This video dehumanises anyone with the remotest shred of scepticism on the issue. It also normalises their exclusion, or violence towards them. This
is going to be especially﻿ effective when show to kids who are literate to the visual language of computer games and fragging the enemy.

It can be looked upon as such. There is something very sinister in this for me though. Young people are very sophisticated. This speaks to them on
many levels such as the relevant computer game enemy metaphor. Communication agencies are very skilled and put a lot of work into the message they are
delivering.

Since when did propaganda become so utterly crass? It used to be exploitative of the complacency and uncriticality of the receiver so that he or she
would be unaware that it was not their own beliefs. Even scare tactics were effected as a geological pressure-over-time phenomenon. Now it is merely
explosive detonation attempting to shatter our psyches. Perhaps this is sent out as a feeler as to how far things can be taken-- a research project of
sorts. The negative response strongly indicates this crossed some unknown invisible line.

Oh absolutely, I'm not denying that the image of a child exploding is taking the issue to the extreme to say the least. I just feel life is too short
to dwell on something that I could turn around and call entertainment if it did not pertain to a serious matter.

Quite possible and I take your point. I was watching the posts as they came in on the original YouTube page and they were very hostile. Every posting
was negative. Here is one from a few minutes ago:

acts17v11 (4 minutes ago)
By the way, I started watching this with my two ten year old boys, thinking﻿ it would be some harmless, fun video. They screamed when the first kids
got blown up and ran out of the room absolutely petrified and wanting to vomit. Are you proud of that? Morons.

Originally posted by thegoodcause
Oh absolutely, I'm not denying that the image of a child exploding is taking the issue to the extreme to say the least. I just feel life is too short
to dwell on something that I could turn around and call entertainment if it did not pertain to a serious matter.

I agree to an extent. We have to contextualise this also. It is an educational/informational campaign that has been watched parents with children. The
message has caused distress to them (according to what some people are already posting on the comments). They also have removed the original launch
video and removed all of the comments. Some of those were VERY angry people.

If anyone looks at the very basics of NLP and understands just how powerful concepts are, this can be seen as a very big mistake by the makers of this
video. It could be argued that such is the scale of the backlash that you could argue for sabotage. (I am not by the way

Originally posted by thegoodcause
Hahahaha that's just silly. I watch movies and television, it would be hypocritical to get uptight over violence with a message.

No, serious money went into this. That means someone with wealth and power thought this was a good idea and signed off on it.

Give that the serious consideration it is worthy of.

I agree with you on that 100%. Just look at the list of 'stars' that are backing this campaign and where it will be shown. I would not like this
show to kids in school without the knowledge of parents?

Thanks for the complement. Just because I have views in life doesn't make me wrong or a fool for believing such. You probably believe the Soviet
Union to be Communism. This isn't the first I was criticized for my avatar as well. I'm an Atheist and an Capitalist.

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